Patti Maguire Armstrong, Author at Integrated Catholic Life™

Easter Joy!

Posted by Patti Maguire Armstrong | May 15, 2011 | Calendar & Seasons |

I LOVE spring! Even in North Dakota where waiting for the weather to line up with the calendar demands keeping snow shovels handy, I still love spring. It’s a time of new beginnings and freshness, a time of resurrection, and...

My Survivor’s Guide

Posted by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Apr 28, 2011 | Family |

As the mother of ten children, I found the perfect book to help me survive life’s rough spots: the Bible. Some of you are nodding: “Of course, it is God’s word!” Others have just glazed over, “Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard that...

Forgiveness with a Hitch

Posted by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Mar 31, 2011 | Family |

It was one of those frustrating times when you are trying to leave on a trip, but cannot seem to get on the road. In this case, I was moving my third son Tyler to college, two-and-a-half hours away from Bismarck to Fargo, North...

Happy Lent!

Posted by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Mar 18, 2011 | Women of Faith |

Lent, happy? But of course. If Lent is meant to strengthen you spiritually and bring you closer to God, why wouldn’t it be a happy time? It should be happy because it’s a holy time. So, surely you should be wearing a big...

St. Patrick’s Day

Posted by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Mar 17, 2011 | General |

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, is a religious holiday that has spread into the popular culture–just like the Catholic Irish people have spread throughout our population. More than one in ten...